Cisco Network Consulting and Support

Data centers are the key to leveraging information technology assets to optimize the strategic value of an information system. For small businesses, data centers have typically evolved in a haphazard fashion, creating a situation where servers and storage devices are underutilized, available communications capacity is overlooked, collaboration and knowledge sharing is minimal, maintenance requirements are excessive, scaling or repurposing is costly, security is poor, seemingly simple modifications turn into giant hassles, and full recovery from catastrophic failure is virtually impossible.

Cisco's most recent networking devices and tools support a new model of data center design that permits continual enhancements in processor, storage, network infrastructure, and applications in a maintainable and economical way. Progent's Cisco-certified professionals can help you to select and implement Cisco's connectivity technology to build a robust basis for your data center and to improve your operations in vital areas such as:

• Processor and storage efficiency
• End-to-end security enforcement
• Server proliferation
• Regulatory requirements
• Disaster recovery

The important advantages that can accrue from using Progent's Cisco-certified consultants to streamline your data center include:

• Reduced TCO: enables IT management to significantly reduce acquisition costs through integration and higher utilization of previously isolated equipment, lower operational costs by streamlining and automating management jobs, and reduce HVAC and power costs.
• Greater Business Agility: enables IT management to react dynamically to evolving business conditions by facilitating rapid provisioning of application and infrastructure services from common pools of integrated processor, storage, and network technologies. This can streamline operational processes and enable policy-based control.
• Better Network Robustness: enables IT to respond to breakdowns or attacks by guarding infrastructure, applications, and data through the highest degrees of availability, pervasive protection, and disaster recovery.
• Optimized Service Levels: enables IT to optimize business service levels by implementing safe, fast access to data center-resident applications and information from any place and at any time throughout the organization.

• Building effective firewall protection solutions based on PIX and ASA firewall products
• Installing and troubleshooting secure Virtual Private Network access for connecting data centers to other data centers, corporate offices, and mobile workers
• Designing, and integrating complete non-stop switching, routing, and Internet connectivity systems in which single point failures do not interrupt availability of services
• Setting up multiple Internet providers with seamless transfer using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Progent can guide customers along the entire path of paperwork with Internet authorities, getting Autonomous System numbers and IP addresses allotted, dealing with ISP carriers to prepare their environments, and configuring and testing customer equipment.
• Implementing segmented and protected virtual LAN architectures to compliment VMware virtual server deployments
• Planning, deploying and helping clients to manage proactive intrusion prevention systems (IPS) so that assaults can be identified rapidly and defeated before they impact productivity
• Planning, setting up, and troubleshooting load balancing solutions. Working with clients, Progent can align customer needs to the appropriate solutions and implement load balancing at the application and server levels, or connectivity infrastructure layer. Such solutions allow for transparent and convenient growth, reliability, performance, and fault tolerance.
• Progent can create affordable network management strategies using Simple Network Management Protocol and Cisco's Netflow protocols, along with Cisco Security Manager and various outside vendor solutions that offer customers a powerful look into the health of their data center's network
• Setting up and troubleshooting advanced data center class infrastructure appliances such as the Catalyst 4500, 6500, and 6800 Series switches, Nexus 5000, 6000, and 7000 switches, and Cisco 7200 and 7600 family routers.

For additional information about Progent's engineering assistance for Cisco products, select a subject:

• Overview of Cisco Expertise
• Fast Online Support from a Cisco CCIE Engineer
• Cisco Firepower Series Firewalls: Integration and Management Services
• ASA 5500-X Firewalls with Firepower Services: Consulting and Troubleshooting Expertise
• Cisco ASA 5500 Firewalls Management Support
• PIX 500 Series Firewall Management Services
• Cisco Routers Configuration and Troubleshooting Expertise
• Cisco Wireless Network Design Services
• Aironet Wireless Access Points Engineering Support
• Cisco Small Business 100, 300 and 500 Wireless APs System Design Help
• Cisco Catalyst 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6/6E Access Points Planning, Configuration and Debugging Expertise
• Cisco WiFi Controllers Consulting
• Cisco Meraki Wireless Access Points Deployment Expertise
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM or Unified CM) and Cisco CallManager Consulting and Troubleshooting
• Cisco Voice over IP (VoIP) Phones and IP Video Phones Consulting and Cisco Wireless IP Phone Configuration
• Cisco Jabber Migration and Support Expertise
• Cisco Catalyst Switches Deployment Services
• Nexus Switches Consulting and Support Services
• Meraki MS Switches Deployment Services
• Cisco VPN and Security Engineering Services
• SIP and CUBE Integration Solutions: SIP Trunking and CUBE Integration Expertise
• Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for remote workers
• Data Center Design Services for Service Providers
• Streamlined Network Management Strategies for Cisco-powered Environments

To get in touch with Progent about engineering expertise for Cisco technology, phone 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.